UOI 2: Who We Are - Tuning In Stations

It's already week 2 of our second Unit of Inquiry!!  Our UOI 2 is Health, and before giving the students any information about the UOI we had them explore some tuning in stations to help draw on their prior knowledge and make some connections. Students had 6 minutes in each station, 4 minutes to explore and 2 minutes to write their thoughts on what was in each station. We asked them to think what each topic the station was about and record it in their Learning Journals. 

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - Food

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - External Body Parts

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - Good & Bad Choices

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - Internal Body Parts

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - Exercise 

UOI 2: Health - Tuning In Station - Good & Bad Choices

After the students had explored each station we had them share what they thought each station was about. As a class we then came up with a title for each station and students recorded this title in their Learning Journals using a different colour. We had them use a different colour so we could see their original thoughts on each station to see who was able to make the connections and identify what each station was about. Our last UOI was Organized Community and we practiced our sorting skills lots, so many students thought the topic of each station was sorting or puzzles. After we discussed each station we then asked the students to think what each station had in common and to think what our next UOI could be. It didn't take them long to figure out that our UOI 2 was about health! All station materials except the inner body model and the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head are from Lakeshore Learning. Our first line of inquiry is about the human body and our concept is Form so the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head and the human body model station will be out all week for the students to explore.